Transcript The Winterberry

The
Winterberry
(American Beauties, 2012 [online])
By Grace Furie
Looks of the Winterberry
Looks- berries
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Deciduous holly loved for crimson red berries
Red berries are beautiful against winter landscape
Berries ripen in fall and are perfect in winter
Berries come in late summer or early fall
Looks- whole body
 Kind of a shrub
 kind of a VERY small tree
 Kind of looks like just a berry bearing and flowering plant
Leaves and season
 Alternate leaves on alternating sides of a branch of the
plants
 In wintertime leaves edged with white
 Greenish whitish flowers come in late spring
 Seems to last all year round
Looks- main features
 Height gets up to 8-10 feet tall (Rainscaping, 2012 [online])
 Spreads about 8-10 feet if wanted (Rainscaping, 2012 [online])
Animals/Attractions
Animals/Attractions
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Birds really attracted
Plant spread by bird droppings
That’s good cause winterberry is dying out
Berries loved by birds but especially loved by robins, bluebirds,
and hummingbirds
Good nesting for birds
Provides safe homes for birds in winter
Nectar loved by some small native bees
Leaves sometimes eaten by deer but only in winter as a last
resort for the deer to find food
Use and Maintenance
Use/Maintenance
 Bark used for some medical things
 Plant forms large colonies but to stop that just pull the unwanted
ones up
 Must plant a couple together or otherwise berries might not grow
 Just have to keep a “lazy” eye on it
 Keep weeds away
Conditions
Conditions
 Usually in habitats like swamps, bogs, flood plains, and/or rain
gardens
 Survives in LOTS of water
 Slow-growing
 Tolerates wide range of conditions and soils
 Likes sun but can grow in part shade
 Must have some shade
 Adapts to both light and heavy soils
 Tolerates poorly drained soils
Reference List
Endersby, H. (2000). “Meet Muley”. n.p. Retrieved from
http://discovererprod.sirs .com
Lerner, L., Lerner, B. (2008). Holly Family. In The Gale
Encyclopedia of Science. (vol. 3) Gale virtual reference library.
Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/ retrieve.do?
Rainscaping. (2012). Winterberry. Retrieved from
Rainscaping Organization website:
http://www.rainscaping.org/index.cfm?
USDA, NRCS. (2012). Winterberry. Retrieved from USDA
NCRS website: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ILVE
American Beauties. (2012). Winterberry. Retrieved from
American Beauties website: http://www.abnativeplants.com/index
.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantdetail&plant
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 Thanks,
 Grace Furie 
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